f5networks.f5_modules.abspath filter – return absolute path of a file

Note

This filter plugin is part of the f5networks.f5_modules collection (version 1.26.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install f5networks.f5_modules.

To use it in a playbook, specify: f5networks.f5_modules.abspath.

Synopsis

  • A wrapper around os.path.abspath function to return absolute path of a given file path.

Input

This describes the input of the filter, the value before | f5networks.f5_modules.abspath.

Parameter

Comments

Input

string / required

A file path

Examples

# use filepath to install with absolute path
- name: Install AS3 package if missing
  bigip_lx_package:
    package: "files/f5-appsvcs-3.36.1-1.noarch.rpm" | abspath

Return Value

Key

Description

Return value

string

The absolute path to given file

Returned: success

Authors

  • Tim Rupp

Hint

Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.